Impact and Research
Impact and Research
High-quality research and data are crucial to ensure and sustain the success of the coalition and to allow governments to implement and extend school meal programmes that are well-designed, evidence-based, and sustainable.
Read more about examples of the success of the coalition in our Impact stories and Interviews and find the latest evidence in our Research and Publications section.
Impact Stories and Interviews
Impact Stories and Interviews
Research and publications
Research and publications
- State of School Feeding 2022
- School Meals and Food Systems: Rethinking the consequences for climate, environment, biodiversity, and food sovereignty
Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition
2023 - Universal free school meals: the future of school meals programmes?
Cohen J, Verguet S, Giyose B, Bundy DAP
2023
The Lancet, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01516-7 - A positive consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic: how the counterfactual experience of school closures is accelerating a multisectoral response to the treatment of neglected tropical diseases
Bundy DAP et al.
2023
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0282 - Policy Brief | Prioritizing debt relief conditional on investing in human capital
Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition
2023 - Realising the potential of schools to improve adolescent nutrition
Baltag V, Sidaner E, Bundy DAP, Guthold R, Nwachukwu C, Engesveen K, Sharma D, Engelhardt K, Patton G.
2022
BMJ - Breaking down silos between health and education to improve adolescent wellbeing
Gray NJ, Desmond NA, Ganapathee DS, Beadle S, Bundy DAP, on behalf of the UN H6+ Adolescent Learning and Skills Writing Group
2022
BMJ - A coordinated response to the needs of the learner: How deworming and school meals together will contribute to the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
Karutu C, Schultz L, Waltz J, Campbell SJ, Kamara K, Yotebieng K, Gouvras A, Rollinson D, Bundy DAP.
2022
Frontiers in Tropical Diseases DOI: 10.3389/fitd.2022.998276 - Ready to learn and thrive: school health and nutrition around the world; highlights
UNESCO; World Food Programme; United Nations Children’s Fund
2022
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